Comments | cleolinda: Back from a free movie!

cleolinda

Back from a free movie!

Aug 02, 2007 22:05

Awww, Stardust ! It was really sweet and fun and funny, and although the climactic battle/struggle/whatever could have been tightened up some, and I wasn't terribly fond of the score (there's a lot of THUNDERING SUSPENSE! USUALLY ON HORSEBACK! music, some of which sounded ripped straight out of Bram Stoker's Dracula), it was a solid three stars, ( Read more... )

stardust, movies, neil gaiman

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cleolinda August 3 2007, 14:40:25 UTC

Yeah, that wasn't there either. There is a really sweet moment in the witch's wagon while he's a dormouse, though.

msilverstar August 3 2007, 08:39:17 UTC

Neat! I haven't read the book in ages, we'll probably go see the movie.

cleolinda August 3 2007, 14:42:47 UTC

Excellent--I remembered the beginning very clearly, and the very end very clearly, and I remembered most of the bit with the inn, but everything else was kind of a blur, and this is probably the best way to go into the movie, because you won't immediately realize what they've changed.

greenleafgurl17 August 3 2007, 13:00:57 UTC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20097968/?gt1=10251

I...I'm not sure what to say about this. Might do for good linkspam though.

lauramcvey August 3 2007, 13:09:42 UTC

Jim Bob. The dad's name is Jim Bob. o.O

lauramcvey August 3 2007, 13:17:11 UTC

I read the book awhile ago, and wasn't too impressed. It was pretty and all, but I had the same problem I have with most of Gaiman's books- there was no plot. And after an entire book of *almost* getting caught and battling the witch, I just wanted to shout, "Have a fucking final battle already!" And then there wasn't! There was just, "Oh, the heart doesn't belong to me anymore. Sorry." And the witch just goes on her merry way without fighting for it or anything- WFT? This is the book's antagonist? Suddenly transfomed into a sweet old Granny? What. The. Fuck?

So that was my problem with the book, in a nutshell. Not to mention that I guessed that Tristran was the grandson of Lord Stormhold as soon as that subplot was introduced. The movie looked good in the trailers, though, and I have high hopes for it. Especially since you said that there was actual *action* in this version.

cleolinda August 3 2007, 14:36:28 UTC

I love the book, but there is a giant final battle with the witch in the movie, although I do feel it gets dragged out a little too long. It does, however, include a really fun swordfight between Tristan and Septimus (I think the second R has quietly been dropped from Tristran's name in the movie).

spectralbovine August 6 2007, 18:07:23 UTC

I read the book after seeing the movie and have the exact same complaint as you do, with the book, so I think you'll enjoy the movie.

scornedsaint August 3 2007, 14:25:53 UTC

Yay! I'm glad to hear you liked it. I can't wait to see it.

(Are you going to order any of the BPAL scents? I really want the Yvaine one)

cleolinda August 3 2007, 14:38:25 UTC

They sounded lovely--but I'm broke at the moment. I can't wear florals, and I think most of them were, so that's something, but I still would have liked to smell them, you know? But they'll be up for a while, won't they?

scornedsaint August 3 2007, 15:32:39 UTC

No idea how long they'll be up there, but I recently thought to myself "Hey, maybe I should use some of my graduation money to buy things that aren't for college!", so I'm gonna go for the splurge and get it.